Inanimate

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To animate. [Obs.] Donne.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances. Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves. Byron.

Synonyms: Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless; spiritless. See Lifeless.